Professor Layton and The Diabolical Box Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

To start, try to get all the cars going to the top track into their designated positions before worrying about the ones headed to the bottom track.

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Hint #2

Tuck away the red car in the side track that sits between the top and bottom tracks.

Then bring down all of the cars on the top track. Move that red car up into its designated spot on the top track.

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Hint #3

You can use the trick highlighted in Hint Two to move any train car from the bottom track to the top track. Just tuck the car of your choice into the side track, and move all the cars out of the way that are blocking your path to the top track. Then it's just a simple matter of bringing that car out of the side track and up into its designated position.

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Solution

Move the pieces in this order. For simplicity, we'll refer to the cars with abbreviations like R1 to refer to red car #1, and W3 to refer to white car #3. Bolded moves denote that you've moved the piece to its final resting place.

R1 to middle-left corner

R2 to bottom-left corner

R3 to top (under W1)

R2 to bottom-right corner

R3 to bottom-left corner

W1 to bottom-right corner (left of R2)

W2 to bottom-right corner (left of W1)

W3 to bottom (left of W2)

W4 to bottom (on top of W3)

R1 to top-left corner

W4 to middle-left corner

W3 to top

R3 to top (under W3)

W4 to bottom-left corner

W2 to middle-left corner

R3 to bottom

W3 to bottom (on top of R3)

W2 to top-left corner (right of R1)

W3 to middle-left corner

R3 to top-left corner (right of W2)

W3 to top

W1 to middle-left corner

R2 to top (under W3)

W1 top bottom-right corner

R2 to bottom-right corner (left of W1)

W3 to bottom-right corner (left of R2)

W4 to bottom-right corner (left of W3)

When all pieces are in their proper positions, the puzzle solution submits itself for you.